Now Hexa-Certified with GSEC Goodness. . .

From the SANS Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) on September 22nd, 2008:

"GIAC presents this certification to Christopher J. Marcinko who has met the necessary requirements and demonstrated a mastery of the subject matter and security skills to earn the GIAC Security Essentials - GSEC."

Date of Certification: September 22nd, 2008 Expiration Date: September 30th, 2020 Certificate Number: 16548

IKE2008 -- The Day Before

With Ike down south flooding Galveston, the local media is spending all if it's time talking about how the Denton/DFW area is going to get plunked Saturday Afternoon. Here are the before shots. . .

The neighbor's tree swaying in the breeze. . .

. . .a shot of the far outer clouds of Ike over the neighboring field. . .

. . .and over the other houses. . .

. . .the field and trees behind the house. . .

. . .the skies above the construction on the water tower. . .

. . .a few hours later, the Ike's clouds are starting to move in around the Denton Water Tower at I-35 and Loop 288. . .

. . .and the skies over the NW Denton/Krum area. . .

. . .down Loop 288 towards the east. . . the distant out cloud bands are becoming better defined. . .

. . .the TXDOT warning signs say it all. . .

. . .towards the SE from the I-35 W/E split. . .

. . .skies over the Denton Airport. . .

. . .dont know what the hanger on the right is actually made of, but from a distance -- it doesnt look sturdy. . .

. . .over the UNT Fouts Field. . .

. . .over the Morrison's Corn-Kits grain towers. . .

. . .over US-380 and US-77. . .

. . .over the old Denton County Courthouse in the town square. . .

. . .along the Denton Town Square, the skies over the Fine Arts Theater. . .

. . .skies towards the NW over the old town buildings. . .

. . .over the neon sign of the Loop Hole. . .

. . .towards the NW, over the Campus Theater. . .

. . .over the Wells Fargo Building on the SE corner. . .

. . .over the Denton County National Bank Building and on the SE Corner of the square. . .

. . .over the Opera House on the NE side of the square. . .

. . .a AAL 767 flying into the area. . .

. . .the sun shining through the trees on the Old Denton County Courthouse grounds. . .

. . .from stormpulse.com - Ike's current location and track as of 4pm 9/12.